By Kennedy Zittel, Assistant Naturalist As I was sitting at my desk I glanced up to look at the bird feeder I just happened to place directly within view of my window, to see some familiar little birds hopping … Continue reading
Jim Knickelbine
The anticipation of new, positive experiences keeps life fresh. If I knew in advance exactly what I would encounter on a walk outside in the nature preserve I would quickly lose motivation to do so. Fortunately, that is never the … Continue reading
September is a month of great transition on the Lakeshore. All around us, great waves of biological activity have been set into motion. We are at the peak of migration for many animals, from birds and dragonflies to monarch butterflies. … Continue reading
By Kennedy Zittel, Assistant Naturalist Recently I have been out walking through our prairies at Woodland Dunes to identify and plot what plants are blooming where. Which to be totally honest, feels a bit too fun to actually be work. … Continue reading
One time-honored tradition at Woodland Dunes is the summer bird survey. We don’t refer to it as a nesting survey because we don’t actually document nesting as was done for the Wisconsin Bird Atlas- rather it is a series of … Continue reading